![]() And it is easy to be cynical about Osman’s success as an author – he was, after all, the well-known co-host of the hugely popular Pointless TV quiz when his debut came out and his publisher will have thrown enough money behind the novel to guarantee it a place in the book charts.īut that cynicism can only go so far, because once you read Osman’s funny, warm-hearted novels, it is hard not to be charmed by the eccentricities and the resourcefulness of his creations. ![]() Any publisher would be keen for Osman to press on with the series after such record-breaking success – The Man Who Died Twice sold an astonishing 114,202 hardbacks in the UK in its first three days last year. Its predecessors, The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice, sold millions of copies around the world. The Bullet That Missed is the third outing for Osman’s retirees. The simple life is all well and good, but, in this moment, with a murder to investigate, and threatening texts arriving daily, Elizabeth realises she has missed trouble.” Writing genuinely funny prose is not at all easy it is rare that I find a book that has me actually laughing out loud A retired optometrist crashed his moped into a tree, and there has been a row about milk bottles, but that was about it for excitement. ![]() ![]() Not only is her beloved Stephen slipping deeper into the clutches of dementia, but she’s kidnapped and charged with carrying out a hit herself. Elizabeth, Osman’s retired spy, has other problems to deal with. ![]()
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![]() For the 1902 Broadway production Baum inserted explicit references to prominent political characters such as President Theodore Roosevelt. Biographers report that Baum had been a political activist in the 1890s with a special interest in the money question of gold and silver ( bimetallism), and the illustrator William Wallace Denslow was a full-time editorial cartoonist for a major daily newspaper. The political interpretations focus on the first three, and emphasize the close relationship between the visual images and the story line to the political interests of the day. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900, the Broadway play of 1902, the Hollywood film of 1939, and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political, economic, and social events of America in the 1890s. Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. ![]() Rogers in 1906 sees the political uses of Oz: he depicts William Randolph Hearst as Scarecrow stuck in his own Ooze in Harper's Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() She told of sitting in a barrel in Sweden, with a clear view of the sky but protected from the wind and trekking across Icelandic lava deposits – “The black grit gets everywhere!”. She believes in going out into the field to see the aurora as they happen, and is young enough to enjoy it although field is the wrong word for where she has travelled: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, across Canada with its network of observatories – even Scotland. She debunked some erroneous explanations and who can forget her demonstration of the Tai Chi model of the solar wind? It’s rare for the Amersham Society to have a talk on a scientific theme but when local scientist and traveller Dr Melanie Windridge spoke about Aurora – In Search of the Northern Lights she held a packed audience spell-bound, writes Peter BorrowsĪs a plasma physicist, with a PhD from Imperial College, she was secure in her science but it was dropped in a bit at a time, not to overwhelm the non-scientists present (most of the audience). ![]() ![]() Windridge and her passion for travelling under extreme conditions in the Peter Borrows’ report on her previous talk “Aurora – In Search of the Northern Lights” which she gave at the Society meeting on :ĪURORA – IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS In the talk “Summiting the Science of Everest” she will tell us the story of her own summit attempt in 2018. Melanie Windridge, physicist, writer, lecturer and mountaineer. ![]() ![]() The negotiators are operating under an increasingly short time schedule, as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress last week that the federal government reached the statutory cap on borrowing in January and the Treasury has since been using extraordinary measures to make cash available, which is due to run out as early as June 1. Over the weekend, 43 GOP Senators including McConnell vowed not to support a clean debt limit increase, which indicated that Schumer could not find the votes to break a filibuster and pass a clean bill through the Senate. However, McCarthy and most of the Republican members have maintained that option is a nonstarter and have stated that any increase to the debt ceiling must be paired with cuts in spending. ![]() To date, Biden has publicly vowed not to negotiate over the debt limit, calling for a clean debt ceiling increase. Two weeks ago, McCarthy rallied House Republicans to pass a GOP bill that would increase the debt ceiling in exchange for repealing most of the clean-energy provisions that passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act and enacting substantial social spending cuts. ![]() On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will meet with top congressional leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), to discuss raising the debt limit. Both the House and Senate are in this week. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She thought too of her parents - the early death of her mother and the emotional absence of her father until his tumultuous death. Elizabeth thought of what Reefy had told her concerning love, that she must not make it an absolute truth. Thinking of one lover, she wept recounting the words he repeated to her in passion: "You dear! You dear! You lovely dear!" She had always searched for a true love but never found it. She would return home feeling more alive, remembering her youth as an adventurous though lust-filled time. Elizabeth became freer with her thoughts and desires the more often she visited. ![]() Older and more poetic, Reefy would describe their time together as a sharing of prayers to the gods they had independently created. Although their appearances and lives were quite different, the two were very similar. She would visit him because of her illness but they would spend most of the time talking about their thoughts, dreams, and griefs. When George Willard was fourteen years old, his mother Elizabeth and Dr. At middle age, the doctor was not as grey as he would become but his limbs were just as awkward. ![]() ![]() Within that duo, and then within Jonas’ house, we see a odd but wonderful found family start establishing itself. It’s her touching, intimate, close relationship with Jonas that immediately connects the reader to them and this story. ![]() Marla and her pug, Betty (named after the fabulous Betty White of course) are everything! She’s captivating, poignant, flamboyant, and magnificent. Marla, the magnificent drag queen, who let Jonas into her life and now has some decidedly serious favors to ask of him. The other half? That belongs, not to the romantic interest, although he’s quite wonderful, but to Jonas’ neighbor, Marla. Tall, scarred, highly intelligent, and haunted by his past, Jonas is half the heart of this story. ![]() ![]() Sinister in Savannah is a crime podcast run by three friends, one of which is Jonas St Johns, a criminal analyst for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. Located in the historic southern city of Savjannah, Georgia, the author makes full use of Savannah’s well known haunts and southern charm as a solid foundation for her characters and their lives which are as deeply seated within that community. Ride the Lightning is the first novel in Walker’s Sinister in Savannah series and it’s amazing. ![]() From just the first book I’m in for an outstanding, exciting journey! I’ve always found Aimee Nicole Walker to be an excellent author so I was happy to find a series of hers I hadn’t read yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of these books is Bishop’s Move, a book whose scheduled March release has now been cancelled. I will not be doing sensitivity reading for him in the future. I was a sensitivity reader for two of his books, and have completed that work. I will not be reviewing future collections that include his work. I intend to review that collection so as to call attention to the work of the other creators involved. ![]() I accepted an ARC a while ago for a collection that included a story by him that story has been removed from the collection. This includes ones that were co-authored, though I am not assuming co-authors were involved in or responsible for his actions. I will no longer be recommending his books or reviewing them. I have reviewed his books on my blog and on Goodreads, and included them on book recommendation lists. I have withdrawn my pledge and will not be financially supporting him in the future. I am now severing these ties, which I am outlining below for transparency. ![]() I now have more information about the ways readers have been exploited and harmed by him, which included emotional and sexual abuse. I want to acknowledge that I have had ties to Santino Hassell, that were made in good faith, based on what I knew at the time. It also briefly discusses books that contain bullying, queer hatred, and BDSM. Content warning: This post references sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and exploitation. ![]() ![]() If you are able to center your attention on all the beautiful aspects that are already to be found in your life, you will become a much more grateful person. The ability to draw happiness from the little things in life also has a lot to do with gratitude. It also shifts our attention far away from the present moment and all the beautiful joys that can be found in it. Similarly, it can result in greater levels of discontent when we are not able to attain what we desire. ![]() It is a way of thinking that makes it quite difficult to be quite happy in the present moment. This kind of attitude focuses our attention on the things we do not have and tricks us into believing that by adding these things to our lives, happiness will emerge. And once we’ve accomplished a certain goal that promised great happiness, we are already pursuing the next one. The pursuit of happiness makes us strive for more all the time. In falsely assuming that the accomplishment of certain goals (wealth, fame, status, power, etc.) will add great amounts of happiness to our lives, we give away our control over our happiness. In fact, we often make our happiness dependent on the outcome of certain events. ![]() ![]() Instead of being able to experience happiness in this very moment, we are – more often than not – postponing our happiness. The more simple pleasures you discover in your life, the happier you’ll get. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So how did a quiet, bookish person like me take an interest in writing about musicians? In high school, I had friends who were into music and attended concerts and Christian music festivals. Lead singer Gannon starred in To Bring You Back, and up next is John, Gannon’s best friend and the band’s drummer, in To Belong Together. Yet, my Rhythms of Redemption Romances follow the rock band Awestruck. Thank you for having me! If you met me, I doubt you’d walk away thinking, “I bet she writes about rock stars.” Laughing, I’ll admit I’m just not that cool. I’ve asked her to share about creating her rock band heroes! Welcome Emily! Hi Inspy Romance Readers! My guest today is author Emily Conrad, and I’ve enjoyed her inspirational stories with these musical characters. The Making of an Unlikely Rock Star Romance Writer! ![]() ![]() ![]() But you can't break your heart in a fake relationship. 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When Laurie's partner of eighteen years, Dan, dumps her to 'find himself' (and leave her on the shelf at 36), she is blindsided. who used Facebook in the last 16 years can now collect a piece of a 725 million settlement by parent company Meta tied to privacy violations as long as they. ![]() The brand new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane ![]() |